Title:
Getting our voices heard : how can Americans change our society? / [Elliott Smith].
ISBN:
9780744077711
9780744077704
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Edition:
First American Edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : DK Publishing, [2023]
©2023
Physical Description:
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
People power -- Fighting for independence -- The Boston Tea Party -- Declaration of Independence -- The fight against slavery -- Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad -- Heroes of the abolition movement -- Women's rights -- The suffrage movement -- Fighting women's poverty -- Civil rights -- Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Changing workers' lives -- Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta -- Rights for indigenous people -- Indigenous movements for change -- Reprations -- Japanese internment -- Environmental change --It's your turn --Glossary.
Summary:
"Explore how Americans have worked to change our society through the history of the United States. From local community movements to campaigns for voting and civil rights."-- Page 4 of cover.
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OCLC Number:
on1354648554
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